Chomsky blasts the United States for having supported [post WWII] internal movements to liberate Eastern Europe from Soviet totalitarianism. 'These operations included a 'secret army' under U.S.-Nazi auspices that sought to provide agents and military supplies to armies that had been established by and which were still operating inside the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe through the early 1950s.' This U.S.-Nazi army is so 'secret' that only Chomsky knows of it, and he has thus far kept the documentation of it to himself, lest his secret get out. --Daniel Flynn, Intellectual Morons, 2004 [247]
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims Chomsky invented a secret US-Nazi army claim without proof, making it a solitary secret.
- In plain terms
- Chomsky claims a secret army exists but has no proof.
- What can you take from it?
- Unsubstantiated claims undermine credibility.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is there evidence for this?
- How do we verify history?
Another view
Dismissing specific historical claims requires counter-evidence.
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